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Paralipsis
October 27, 2012 8:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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"I won't even mention how beautiful she is, but you should really see her photo." Rhetorical statements like this one, where the point is actually made by pretending to avoid it, is often called paralipsis or paraleipsis. It comes from a Greek word meaning "to leave aside." This is part of a complete episode.
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